JBL Summit Ama, Stand-mount Loudspeaker
Our price:£14,998.00
What HFL Thinks
JBL Summit AMA – Introducing the Summit Series, a collection of the finest and most capable loudspeakers ever produced by JBL for residential applications. Developed at JBL’s legendary Acoustic Center of Excellence in Northridge, California, each model has been designed and engineered to be the best-in-its-class. Utilizing patented and proprietary acoustic technologies, these loudspeakers attain new heights of high-fidelity sound and render music with clarity, detail, and dynamics like never before.
SUMMIT AMA – 2-Way, 8-inch (200mm) Stand-mount Loudspeaker
The JBL Summit Ama is a stand-mount reference loudspeaker built for the discerning music enthusiast. Summit Ama is the flagship of the Summit Series for the 8-inch (200mm) woofer categorization.
From the full name Ama Dablam, meaning ‘Mother’s Necklace’ and reaching a height of 6,812m (22,349’). Ama dominates the eastern skyline from Everest Base Camp and has been called the “Matterhorn of the Himalayas” due to its impressive iconic shape.
NEWLY DESIGNED COMPLEMENT OF SPEAKER DRIVERS
Summit Ama features JBL’s patented D2815K 1.5-inch (38mm) dual-diaphragm, dual-motor compression driver mated to a large format Sonoglass® High-Definition Imaging (HDI™) horn. Anchoring the sound foundation of Summit Ama is a 8-inch (200mm) cast-frame cast-frame woofer utilizing a triple-layer Hybrid Carbon Cellulose Composite Cone (HC4), a design made from a proprietary formula of carbon-fiber and pure-pulp front and rear surfaces, sandwiched with an internal core of closed-cell foam. This hybrid cone design provides the proper stiffness, overall mass, and structure to deliver high-output, low distortion, and high-power handling.
JBL MULTICAP™ CROSSOVER
Controlling how the signal is distributed to each of the drivers in Summit Pumori is a MultiCap™ crossover network with single-wire and bi-amp/bi-wire connectivity. By replacing traditional large capacitors with an increased number of smaller capacitors, this design results in lower ESR (Electrostatic Resistance) and less energy lost in mechanical movement. All of which results in greater signal throughput to the drivers, increased power handling, enhanced dynamics, ultra-low distortion, and exceptional clarity.
CRAFTED FROM LUXURIOUS MATERIALS
All drivers and crossover components are housed in a beautifully engineered cabinet featuring internally offset multi-braced and damped curved-wall construction to minimize internal cabinet standing waves. Enclosures are offered in a choice of a high-gloss painted black finish with Summit platinum accents or high-gloss ebony wood veneer finish with Summit gold accents. Anchoring Summit Ama’s included matching mass-loaded damped floorstand to the ground are a set of custom designed JBL | IsoAcoustic® isolation feet that resist the vibrational forces caused by a speaker’s drivers effectively decoupling the loudspeaker from the surface on which it resides. This isolation delivers tighter bass, an improved soundstage, and imaging with greater clarity and sense of space.
CRAFTED FROM LUXURIOUS MATERIALS
All drivers and crossover components are housed in a beautifully engineered cabinet featuring internally offset multi-braced and damped curved-wall construction to minimize internal cabinet standing waves. Enclosures are offered in a choice of a high-gloss painted black finish with Summit platinum accents or high-gloss ebony wood veneer finish with Summit gold accents. Anchoring Summit Ama’s included matching mass-loaded damped floorstand to the ground are a set of custom designed JBL | IsoAcoustic® isolation feet that resist the vibrational forces caused by a speaker’s drivers effectively decoupling the loudspeaker from the surface on which it resides. This isolation delivers tighter bass, an improved soundstage, and imaging with greater clarity and sense of space.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Patented D2815K 1.5-inch (38mm) Dual-diaphragm, Dual-motor High-frequency Compression Driver
- Patented High-Definition Imaging (HDI™) Sonoglass® High-frequency Horn
- 8-inch (200mm) Cast-frame, Triple-layer Hybrid Carbon Cellulose Composite Cone (HC4) Woofer
- MultiCap™ Crossover Network with Single-wire and Bi-amp/Bi-wire Connectivity
- Finely Crafted and Beautifully Detailed Enclosure with Carbon Fiber Baffle Trim
- Soft-curved Cabinet Walls with Heavily Braced and Dampened Construction
- JBL | IsoAcoustics™ Adjustable Acoustic Isolation Feet
- Luxurious High Gloss Finishes with Summit Platinum or Summit Gold detailing